APSE Convention schedule

APSE Convention Program
Renaissance St. Louis Grand & Suites Hotel
June 20-23

Wednesday, June 20

8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Landmark Foyer
Noon- 5 p.m.
Registration

10 a.m.-noon Landmark 4
Executive Committee meeting
Presiding: Jim Jenks, APSE president.

1 p.m.-4 p.m. Landmark 5
Gannett sports editors meeting

1 p.m.-4 p.m. Landmark 6
McClatchy sports editors meeting

1 p.m.-4 p.m. Landmark 7
Tribune sports editors meeting

4 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Landmark 5
Region chairs and vice chairs meeting

5 p.m.-6 p.m. Crystal Ballroom (20th floor)
AP Newcomers Reception

6 p.m.-9 p.m. Anheuser Busch Corporate Theater
Opening Night Reception
Sponsor: ESPN.com
Buses will depart from hotel’s
Washington Avenue exit beginning
at 5:30 and will make continuous runs
as necessary.

9 p.m.-1 a.m. Parkview/Aubert (Mezzanine level)
AP Hospitalilty Suite

Thursday, June 21

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Landmark Foyer
Late Registration

8 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Landmark 4
Breakfast Chat with Ultimate Fighting Championships
Sponsor: Ultimate Fighting Championships

9 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Landmark 5
Family Orientation
Presiding: Representative of Convention Visitors Bureau

9 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Landmark 4
Opening general membership meeting
Presiding: Jim Jenks, APSE president

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Landmark 4
General Session: Ad Sales and the Sports Section: Why Doesn’t the Cash Flow?
Moderator: Mort Goldstrom, Newspaper Association of America, vice president for advertising.
Panelists: Harry Bryan, Louisville Courier-Journal sports editor; Tony Smithson, Louisville Courier-Journal advertising operations director; Ed Erhardt, ESPN senior vice president advertising; Tony Ponturo, Anheuser-Busch vice president sports marketing.

12:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Crystal Ballroom (20th floor)
Keynote luncheon
Presiding: Jim Jenks, APSE president
Speaker: August Busch IV
Sponsor: Chicago Tribune

2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Landmark 5
Workshop: Unearthing Hidden Gems: A New Way of Looking at Church and State in Sports.
Leader: Mort Goldstrom, Newspaper Association of America, vice president for advertising.

2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Landmark 6
Workshop: Newspapers: Marketing Your Sports Sections for Maximum Exposure.
Moderator: Joe Sullivan, Boston Globe, sports editor.
Panelists: Ed Mahlman, CMO, Philadelphia Media Holdings; Susan Hunt Stevens, Boston Globe vice president circulation/marketing; Arnold Feliciano, Gainesville Sun sports editor.

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2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Landmark 7
Workshop: Small Papers Thinking Big Event
Moderator: Bill Bradley
Panelists: Greg Brownell, Glens Falls Post-Star sports editor; Kevin Fee, Grand Forks Gazette sports editor; John Boyette, Augusta Chronicle sports editor.

4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Landmark 5
Workshop: Unearthing Hidden Gems: A New Way of Looking at Church and State in Sports.
Leader: Mort Goldstrom, Newspaper Association of America, vice president for advertising.

4 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. Landmark 6
Workshop: Newspapers: Marketing Your Sports Sections for Maximum Exposure.
Moderator: Joe Sullivan, Boston Globe, sports editor.
Panelists: Ed Mahlman, CMO, Philadelphia Media Holdings; Susan Hunt Stevens, Boston Globe vice president circulation/marketing; Arnold Feliciano, Gainesville Sun sports editor.

4 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. Landmark 7
Workshop: Small Papers Thinking Big Event
Moderator: Bill Bradley
Panelists: Greg Brownell, Glens Falls Post-Star sports editor; Kevin Fee, Grand Forks Gazette sports editor; John Boyette, Augusta Chronicle sports editor.

5:45 p.m.- 7 p.m. Landmark 5
Worskhop: Management Doctor for the Large Papers
Leaders: Michael Anastasi, Salt Lake Tribune, managing editor/sports, Holly Lawton, Kansas City Star sports editor

5:45 p.m.- 7 p.m. Landmark 6
Worskhop: Management Doctor for the Small Papers
Leaders: Michael Anastasi, Salt Lake Tribune, managing editor/sports; Dave Allen, Marin Independent Journal, sports editor.

9 p.m- 1 a.m. Parkview/Aubert (Mezzanine level)
AP Hospitality Suite

Friday, June 22

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Landmark Foyer
Late registration

8 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Landmark 4
Breakfast Chat with the Breeders’ Cup
Sponsor: Breeders’ Cup

9:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Landmark 4
General Session: Diversity in Our Departments: One Year Later.
Leader: Jorge Rojas, Miami Herald, executive sports editor.
Moderator: Gary Howard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Panelists: Karen Magnuson, APME president; Greg Lee, Boston Globe senior assistant sports editor; 2 more TBA

10:45 a.m.- Noon Landmark 5
Workshop: Olympics: Destination Beijing
Moderator: Roy Hewitt, Cleveland Plain Dealer, sports editor.
Panelists: Bob Condron and Darryl Seibel, USOC

10:45 a.m.-Noon Landmark 6
Workshop: Small Paper Caucus with AP’s Terry Taylor
Leader: Larry Vaught, APSE third vice president and Danville (Ky.) Advocate-Messenger sports editor.

10:45 a.m.-Noon Landmark 7
Workshop: College Graduates: What Do We Expect?
Moderator: Jerry Micco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, assistant managing editor, sports.
Panelists: Malcolm Moran, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State University and Scott Reinardy, Ball State University.

12:20 p.m.- 2 p.m. Crystal Ballroom (21st floor)
Red Smith Award Luncheon
Presiding: Jim Jenks, APSE president
Presentor: Buddy Martin, Charlotte Sun-Herald editor.
Recipient: Van McKenzie
Sponsor: Chicago Tribune



2:20 p.m.-3:35 p.m. Landmark 5
Workshop: Duke Lacrosse. Lessons Learned
Moderator: Randy Harvey, Los Angeles Times sports editor;
Panelists: Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun reporter; Jimmy DuPree, The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) sports editor and Ted Vaden, Raleigh News & Observer public editor.

2:20 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Landmark 6
Workshop: High School Recruiting: Coverage Techniques.
Leaders: Ronnie Ramos, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, sports editor; Cameron Maun, Dallas Morning News, assistant sports editor/high schools; Rusty Hampton, Jackson Clarion-Ledger sports editor.

2:20 p.m.-3:35 p.m. Landmark 7
Workshop: College Graduates: What Do We Expect?
Moderator: Jerry Micco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, assistant managing editor, sports.
Panelists: Malcolm Moran, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State University and Scott Reinardy, Ball State University.

3:45 p.m.- 5 p.m. Landmark 5
Workshop: Duke Lacrosse. Lessons Learned
Moderator: Randy Harvey, Los Angeles Times sports editor;
Panelists: Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun reporter; Jimmy DuPree, The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) sports editor and Ted Vaden, Raleigh News & Observer public editor.

3:45 p.m.-5 p.m. Landmark 6
Workshop: Copy Editing Beyond The Paper
Leader: Teresa Schmedding, Arlington Heights Daily Herald senior news editor.

3:45 p.m.-5 p.m. Landmark 7
Workshop: Olympics: Small Paper Coverage of Beijing
Moderator: Roy Hewitt, Cleveland Plain Dealer, sports editor.
Panelists: Bob Condron and Darryl Seibel, USOC.

5:15 p.m.-6 p.m. Landmark 5
Media News sports editors meeting

7:15 p.m. Busch Stadium
Philadelphia Phillies-St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.
Walk to the stadium (advance ticket purchase required)

9 p.m.-1 a.m. Parkview/Aubert (Mezzanine level)
AP Hospitality Suite

Saturday, June 23

8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Landmark 4
General Session: Transforming Your Staff to the Internet
Moderator: Emilio Garcia, The Washington Post, assistant managing editor, sports.
Panelists: Phil Kaplan, Knoxville News-Sentinel deputy sports editor; Tom Keegan, Lawrence Journal-World sports editor.

10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m Landmark 4
Sports Philanthropy Project Brunch
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Landmark 4
General Session: Internet Audio and Video: What’s Next?
Moderator: Dave Morgan, Yahoo Sports.
Panelists: TBA

1:15 p.m.-2 p.m. Regional meetings
Atlantic Coast Lindell
Canada Westmoreland
Great Lakes Landmark 5
Great Plains Landmark 6
Mid-Atlantic Landmark 4 (front)
Northeast Landmark 4 (middle)
Northwest Landmark 4 (back)
Southeast Landmark 7
Southwest Kingsbury
Western Pershing

2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Landmark 4
General Session: Sports Roundtable: How We Did It .
Leader: Lynn Hoppes, Orlando Sentinel, assistant managing editor, sports.



4 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Landmark 4
Closing meeting
Presiding: Jim Jenks, APSE outgoing president and Philadelphia Inquirer sports editor.

6 p.m.-7 p.m. Crystal Ballroom Foyer
Banquet cocktail reception
Sponsor: Yahoo! Sports

7 p.m.-10 p.m. Crystal Ballroom
Awards Banquet
Presiding: Jim Jenks, APSE outgoing president and The Philadelphia Inquirer sports editor and Mike Fannin, APSE incoming president and The Kansas City Star managing editor/sports.

Sponsor: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

10 p.m.-1 a.m. Crystal Ballroom Foyer
Closing reception
Sponsor: The Associated Press

 

This is off topic from the actual convention schedule. But I read about a poker outing? Do we need to sign up for that? Any info would be awesome. Shuffle up and deal.

 

If it's like last year's APSE poker tournament, there will be a sign-up sheet at the registration desk.

And if it's really like last year's APSE poker tournament, I'll get bounced 30 minutes into it when my A-A is cracked by somebody who goes all-in with J-10 and catches runner-runner.

 

I think, along with the sports editors from Gannett, McClatchy, etc., there should be a meeting for all of the SEs on SportsJournalists.com.

Oh wait, we can just have that in the hospitality suite.

 

Doesn't matter to me since I haven't been in a while -- my boss is doing a panel there this year -- but I'm still disappointed that they haven't had a golf outing, it appears, in a while. Don't see one on this year's schedule.

I guess it's because Saturday is more a loaded-with-business day than it used to be.

 

Or, it could be that it's just too oppressive to play an afternoon round there in June.

Last time APSE was in St. Louis (1988, I believe), it was soooo hot and steamy while we were playing Quail Creek, one of my golf shoes melted apart! The top actually separated from the bottom. I was walking around with the shoe flapping! Kind of like clown shoes (quite fitting for my golf back then, too.) And Mark Whicker is my witness (on all counts, especially my golf game)!

To this day I kick myself for not saving that shoe, having it bronzed and turned into an APSE Golf trophy to award at the dinner on Saturday night.

 

Supposed to be in the 90s all weekend. Typical for STL this time of year.

The hotel is pretty nice. Stay there all the time.

 

So the Durham Herald-Sun sends its sports editor to APSE but doesn't send a writer to cover North Carolina in the College World Series.

 

Pete: I played that day, too. What a miserable experience; course was new, and hard, heat was oppressive, and I was a bit hung over as well.

We didn't finish, as I recall. In fact, I think we barely made nine.

And it was a long drive to boot.

On the original thought, though, this isn't the first year they haven't had golf, I don't think. I think it has been gone for a few.

 

damn! that's just awesome. I'm still laughing.

 

Well, a couple of things, the second of which is probably going to bring a ton of shit down upon me.

1) It's possible APSE is paying since he's a panel participant, and there's no budget hit against the paper.

2) I'd argue that for a sports editor in Durham to go to APSE might be of more value in the long run to the department and the paper than coverage of a team in the College World Series. A lot learned, and a lot of recharging of batteries goes on there.

Speaking if which, if it's true, the closing of the hospitality suite at 1 a.m. is just tragic (in a relative sense, of course) and really a disappointing sign.

 

Is "recharging the batteries" a euphemism for "destroying the liver?"